2 dmains 1 server

anyway to direct a domain to a different directory using htaccess i dont
administer the server its a server provided by a hosting company

so anywa i can point a specific domain to a specific directory on my server?

http://dom1.com > /dir1
http://dom2.com > /dir2

at the minue i have used the companies online control panel and created sub
domains www

so

www.dom1.com > /dir1
www.dom2.com > /dir2

this sucks because it requires the www be entered everytime

anyhow any help much appreciated

Christo

"Davide Bianchi" <davideyeahsure@onlyforfun.net> wrote in message
news:slrnd73g8h.171.davideyeahsure@fogg.onlyforfun .net...
> On 2005-04-28, Christo <chris@no> wrote:
>> anyway to direct a domain to a different directory using htaccess
>
> Not using .htaccess. You need to be in the directory before the .htaccess
> is processed. One (possible) way could be by using a cgi page that check
> the request and rewrite the url sending a redirect to the client, but
> that would make the 'http://domain' disappear from the URL, another
> solution is by using an external server that receive the requestes and
> then act as a proxy.
>
>> the server its a server provided by a hosting company
>
> Can't you ask the hosting company to setup the virtual hosts?
>
>> this sucks because it requires the www be entered everytime
>
> That's not a problem in Apache, just fix the DNS so it will point to
> the server even without the www. then associate an alias to the virtual
> host.
>
> Davide
>
> --
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> --Mark P. Beckman

do you think they would setup the virtual hosts? is it not too much work?